The fall of the Berlin Wall : the revolutionary legacy of 1989 / Jeffrey A. Engel.
Contributor(s): Engel, Jeffrey A [editor.]
| Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs [associated with work.] | Texas A & M University [associated with work.] | Texas A & M University. George Bush School of Government and Public Service [associated with work.]Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2015Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190254490 (ebook) :Subject(s): World politics -- 1989- | Post-communism | Europe -- Politics and government -- 1989- | United States -- Politics and government -- 1989- | Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1985-1991 | Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government -- 1991- | China -- Politics and government -- 1976-2002 | Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989Additional Physical Form: Print version : 9780199832446DDC classification: 909.828 LOC classification: D860 | .F35 2015Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: The fall of the Berlin Wall sent shock waves around the world. Now, more than two decades after the Wall's collapse, this book looks at the world in the aftermath of this momentous event. The book includes a chronological narrative of this tumultuous period. This is followed by chapters that reinterpret the meaning of 1989 in the context of world history in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century and explore such questions as why communism failed in Europe, why China took a different route following the turmoil of Tiananmen Square, and why the peace of 1989 might well prove illusory.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The fall of the Berlin Wall sent shock waves around the world. Now, more than two decades after the Wall's collapse, this book looks at the world in the aftermath of this momentous event. The book includes a chronological narrative of this tumultuous period. This is followed by chapters that reinterpret the meaning of 1989 in the context of world history in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century and explore such questions as why communism failed in Europe, why China took a different route following the turmoil of Tiananmen Square, and why the peace of 1989 might well prove illusory.
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